Samuel



N'PETERS. PIIQTULITHOGRAPMER. WASNINGTQN. l!V

ggl'atiaxttA @imita 'SAMUEL AY'Rns, or' DANVILLE, KENTUCKY.

LettersPatent N 98,010, dated December 21, 1869.

IMPROVE!) lREIE'RIG'.ERATOR.

y f i The Schedule referredtoin theseiletters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL Avans, .of Danville, in the county of Boyle, and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and'improved Refrigerator; and I do hereby declare that the following-is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will Aenable others skilled in the art'to make and use the same, reference being' had to the accompanying drawings, part of this specification.

This invention .relates to improvements in refrigerators, and consists in cert-ain improvements iu the construction and arrangement for excluding .the external atmosphere, distributing the cold by means of the ice, and also'the water resulting therefrom, to economizing space, andto `pnovide' convenient 'accesswt'o all. the diii'erent parts, all as hereinafter more fully specified.

Figure 1 `is a sectional elevation of a refrigerator constructed accordingto my improvement.

Figure 2 is a horizontal section of the same, taken on the line x rv. of iig. 1, e Figure 3 is adetail view.

Similar letters -of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is a sheet-metal cylinder, open at the top, slightly inclined to one side at the bottom, and incased in another case, B, of wood,'larger than the said cylinder, and packe-d in the space between the walls of the two with any preferred non-heat-couducting substance, C The said outer case is', preferably, made square, but may. be of other form.

The top of the cylinder rises slightly above the packing C, and receives the door or valve E down upon its wired upper edgeF..

This valve is hinged in slotted bearings G, designed to permit it to rest fairly on the edge F all around, to'

insure an air-tight joint, the said valve being provided with a circular strip of felt, H, or other suitable ilexible and elastic substance, best culculated to make an air-tight joint when resting on the said wire edge.

This valve or cover is provided with a hook, I, which i may or may not be engaged with the link K, on the under side of the coverL of the case B, to be raised e by it.

The cover Lof the case B is provided with a prop, M, pivoted to it.near the swinging edge, and connected by a stud-pin with'the slotted stayerod N, pivoted to the case at O, arranged for action in conjunction for holding the cover, when swung hack to the position represented in dotted lines, or for supporting the said cover inthe position represented in black linesiu fig.

1, by the action ofthe prop M alonefresting on the.

top of the illinvgG, or the cover thereof in front of forming the stop M, while the slotted stay-rod is folded down in the top of the case.

The said prop-rod is pivoted tothe cover'b)7 the rod 0', whereou a spring, P, is coiled, and applied to the rod so as to have a constant teudeneyto'press the end connected with the stay-rod N down, to insure the folding of the rod within the case when the cver is folded down.

Within the cylinder A, a short distance below the top, is a4 circular rack, Q, rest-ing on4 brackets R, at-

tached to the wall of. the said Vcylinder. This rackv serves to receive and hold the articles to be preserved,

e slotted or perforatedsides. This basket is s o situated at the top and centre, that the cold given out from it is imparted to the contents of the' case to the best ad# vantage, no dead-walls'intervening, and the water" shaft S to the upper shelf', or allowed to pass to the.

lower one by the-cut-oi' X, consisting of a cup fitting the tube S under the tube V, receiving the water therefrom and delivering it through a hole at one side of the centre of .the bottom, which. mayeither be brought by turning it on its vertical axis by the pin Y, to deliver the water to the short spout Z for deli-very to the upper shelf,.or behind the said spout for delivery to the shelf below -through the hole Z.

These shelves are corrugated or grooved, to insure a free circulation of the water underthe vessels placed on them.

When the water is turned through the 4spout to the upper shelf, it is conveyed from there to the lower one through the hollow posts a, to the lower shelf. These posts serve also for rigidly connecting the shelves together for strengthening them, and considerable portions tliereof, between the top and bottom, are out away, as shown at b, to facilitate cleaning them from the sawdust or other matter adhering to the iceand liable to clog such passages.

Some of these hollow posts, as a', may be used to discharge the water from the upper shelf' through the lower one to the bottom of the cylinder, whereit 'is drawn off through the cock d.

In this ense, the posts will only rise as high als the upper surface of the shelf, While the other hollow posts rise sufficiently above to maintain .it depth of water thereon when the posts a are plugged, equal to about half the height of' the rim c.

. Lhe witter may he drawn fronithe lower shelf through the holcf.

q represents inclined braces, reaching fromthesha't.

it, another door or cover, l, for closing the said open.

ing i,:uid1:novided with felt or other suitable packingsubstnnce m` on the margin, which hears against the dungen, around the said opening, to make en air-tight joint. y

Between these two doors, und on the stud-pin lo, a coiled spring, 11,' is arranged, which presses the door l down on its sent, when the outer dooris fastened shut, by pressure at the centre, which admits it to bear fairly on ull pnrts ot' its sent.

I propose to fasten these strips of felt or other soft pnckingso the doorsv or valves, by stitching with strong; tlncnds,ru1nxing the stitches in a zigzag course across the line ol' the hearing-snriitcesso that the depressions where the stitches pass through the pack` ing;7 and thoboards, will not interfere withy or prevent the said pockings from bearing fair upon `the seats.

A1 represents 'a water-vessel which muy be placed on the ruck Q, and provided with n cock, A2, passing through the side ofthe caso, for convenience in drawing'the water therefrom for use. This water-vessel may be used or not, as preferred.

By this arrangement, within the cylindrical caserA, of the rack Q,aecessible from the top, and the. revolving rack, to which access ish-nd through the side, the

esclu greatest economy of space and convenience of access is obtained.

Hoving thus described my invention,

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Potentl. The cornhinfusionv of the exterior cose B, cylindricnl case A, fixed rack Q, and revolving rack T, and ice-basket W, when arranged tor access through the top and side, and with nommait-conducting packing.

in the space between the two ceses, as specified. l 2. The arrangement of the hollow shaft S, shelves T, fixed rack Q, and ice-basket W, substantially as specified.

3. The 4zurengement, with the hollow. shaft S, and shelves T, of the ice-basket W, oscillating cut-oli` X, spout Y, and waiter-passage Z', substantially as speciv fied.

4. The arrangement, withthe shelves T, of the hollow posts a al, in the double capacity of watchcon vdoctors and connecting supports, substantially as speci- `7; The combina-tion, withtlicccse A und door h, of i the door or lid l, connected to the seid door h by the control loose stud-pin k,and one'or more pins 7c', und

provided with the spring p, all substantially as specitied.

'- 8. The combination, with the door L and case B, of the prop-rod M, slotted bar N and spring hinge-joint 0 P, arranged und operating substantially as specified.

ifitnesses: SAML. AYRES.

WM. M. FIELDS, LIBERTY B., FIELDS. 

